DEPARTMENT NEWS!

Earth Science in the City now published!

Dr. Michael Ramsey has authored a chapter in the new "Earth Science in the City" book
published by AGU press. His chapter describes the mapping and monitoring of urban
land cover change using satellite remote sensing. The Urban Environmental Monitoring
project of the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer (ASTER)
instrument is designed to capture images from 100 urban centers each year.

The book deals with how do natural and man-made processes affect cities and those living
in them? Can we sustain life safely in our ever-expanding urban centers? Where do the
geosciences enter the discussion? Earth Science in the City speaks to these and other
current issues. With half of the Earth's people now living in cities, our capacity to
understand and resolve urban issues has global implications. For urban geoscientists,
researchers, and students of cities ...